Table 5.7c

Patients and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1996 to 2004

Rates for Recipients during First Year after Living Donor Kidney Transplantation

PRA at Transplant Year of Transplant
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total Patients 3,666 3,926 4,408 4,688 5,467 6,013 6,227 6,458 6,638
Deaths 79 102 99 108 137 157 142 120 136
Rate 21.9 26.4 22.8 23.4 25.4 26.5 23.1 18.8 20.7
0%-9% Patients 1,232 1,468 1,666 1,811 2,319 2,720 2,918 3,038 3,429
Deaths 26 36 41 48 55 75 74 59 66
Rate 21.4 24.9 24.9 27.0 24.0 28.0 25.8 19.6 19.5
10%-79% Patients 140 150 164 160 226 230 312 366 400
Deaths 5 4 3 6 5 10 11 9 8
Rate 36.8 27.2 18.5 38.5 22.4 44.7 36.0 24.9 20.3
80%+ Patients 17 15 17 26 32 44 44 80 80
Deaths 0 0 0 2 2 7 2 1 2
Rate 0.0 0.0 0.0 80.3 64.4 176.9 47.3 12.6 25.1
Unknown Patients 2,277 2,293 2,561 2,691 2,890 3,019 2,953 2,974 2,729
Deaths 48 62 55 52 75 65 55 51 60
Rate 21.4 27.5 21.8 19.6 26.4 21.8 18.8 17.3 22.3


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2006.

(-) = None in category.

(*) = For cohorts with fewer than 10 patients, rates are imprecise and are not reported.

Multi-organ transplants are excluded.

Includes patients transplanted during the year and having reported data one-year after transplant.

Time at risk covers the period from transplant date until the date of death or one-year anniversary of the transplant. See Technical Notes for further details.